Industrial and Reformatory Schools.

(2) Officers-in-charge may punish a boy for minor misconduct by the deprivation of a privilege or privileges for a period not exceeding 14 days. Serious misconduct or repeated minor misconduct shall be reported to the superintendent.

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17. (1) The Commissioner of Prisons in consultation with the Director of Medical and Health Services shall lay down a scale of diet.

(2) A copy of the scale shall be exhibited in the dining-hall of the reformatory school.

18. The officers-in-charge shall encourage visits by relatives and shall maintain close contact with parents and guardians.

19. Subject to paragraph (d) of regulation 13, every boy shall be allowed-

(a) to write and receive letters at all reasonable times;

(b) to receive two visits each month from relatives and friends.

Education and Instruction.

20. Every boy shall be provided with the necessary books and classroom equipment and he shall attend educational classes at such hours as he may be ordered.

21. (1) Every boy shall, as instruction is available, be instructed in the various local trades.

(2) Every officer-in-charge shall, when allocating any boy to instructional classes, take into account his preference for a particular trade or his previous experience in it.

(3) Every trade instructor shall take an individual interest in the boys under his instruction.

Gratuity.

22. The following gratuities shall, subject to fines and reduction of grade, be paid to every boy on discharge-

(a) 50 cents for each month in the first grade;

(b) $1.00 for each month in the second grade;

(c) $1.20 for each month in the third grade.

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